1. 11 ESCAP Activities of RS/GIS for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Pacific Shoji Matsubara Expert, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Pacific Countries GIS/RS User Conference 29 th November – 2 nd December 2011 Suva, Fiji

2. United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) will take place in Brazil on 4-6 June 2012, to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and assess the Progress and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits Themes: (1) Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; (2) Institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD) has expanded since the watershed Rio Conference, but still the lack of coordination to hold back the full potential

3. United Nations - Economic and Social Commissions for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ESCAP is the largest regional economic and social cooperation arm of the UN in Asia and the Pacific. ESCAP is pursuing environmentally Sustainable Economic and Social Development including Economic and Social Connectivity by using multi- sectoral approach. Economic and Social Connectivity has also rapidly improved by the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Space Applications, the awareness rising/preparation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Transportation.

4. Key Vulnerability in Pacific Dispersed and least connected ‘ Pacific Ring of fires ’ where about 90% of the world's earthquakes Pacific Typhoon tracks and increasing incidence of Climate Change and Sea level rise Incidence of high frequency and low impact disasters such as storm surge, coastal erosion Small economies with extreme hazards need resilience building through enhanced preparedness and risk reduction strategies

5. Sentinel Asia : Sentinel Asia is the collaboration between space agencies and disaster management agencies. ObservationObservationUtilizationUtilization End User User Expansion Transmission @ Disaster Management Agencies Human Network Capacity Building ・ Outreach Sharing (Web) Disaster Information Communication Satellite Space Agency Earth Observation Satellite Value-added Information Governmental Organization (ADRC members) Local Governmental Organization

6. 66 ALOS (Japan) IRS (India) THEOS (Thailand) KOMPSAT (Korea) WINDS (Japan ) Earthquake Tsunami Volcano eruption Wildfire Flood Users FORMOSAT (Taiwan, China) Sentinel Asia ADRC also requested the activation to the International Charter – Space and Major Disasters, and AIT has worked as the Project Manager to product the flood images in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Mynmar since Oct 2011 Joint Project Team Member: Australia, Brunei, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, SOPAC, etc.

8. http://sentinel.tksc.jaxa.jp/

9. https://sentinel.tksc.jaxa.jp/sentinel2/libraryControl.action

10. Request ID(To be filled ADRC by )Please fill the form and send it to ADRC +81-78-262-5546 (Fax) or sarequest@adrc.asia (E-mail)

12. Emergency Observation after Great East Japan Earthquake (M-9.0) in 2011 by AVNIR-2 onboard "Daichi" (ALOS), JAXA Before

16. multi - Global Navigation Satellite System (multi - GNSS) Pointing, Navigation and Timing (PNT) satellite technology has a big potential to be applied for socio- economic development as well as disaster risk reduction in the Pacific, including ・ GPS, U.S.A. ・ GLONASS, Russia ・ Compass satellite constellation, China ・ Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), Japan ・ Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), India

18. Call for Application ： JAXA’s Multi-GNSS Joint Experiment 2011 and next year http://www.satnavi.jaxa.jp/e/n ews/qz-1109222_e.html Ten joint experiment will be selected to Demonstrate the improvement of the availability and accuracy by using Multi-GNSS including QZSS 2) Explore new GNSS application in various application field such as Disaster mitigaion, Machine control, Surveying, Mapping and others by using more satellite positioning service.

19. Aims: Provide space-based technical tools, focused on drought, and eventually incorporate other types of disasters, beginning with floods. Regional Cooperative Mechanism on Disaster Monitoring and Early Warning, Particularly Drought Priority Cooperation Areas: Establishing the Standards and Procedures for data sharing and integration Harmonizing modeling systems for drought monitoring, including integration of multi-satellite and platform data Creating a regional drought vulnerability database as part of the National Drought Profiles Continuing capacity building activities, especially to make use of available satellite resources for monitoring and early warning

20. Tools Search/sort: policies, legislation, frameworks, strategies and national plans in the region Select a country/subregion/sector or issue and view an ever expanding collection of relevant publications, studies and initiatives Information of DRR, socio-economic and others Get updates on events/news through feeds and email Networking and online writing Build a network of similar minded experts. View information on regional networks and intergovernmental mechanisms. Contribute to the disaster risk reduction discussion by moderating and participating in online collaborative writing. Sub-regional intergovernmental bodies: /Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) DRR Portal /Mekong River Commission /Pacific Islands Applied GeoScience Commission (SOPAC) /Pacific Disaster Net /South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC) /South Asian Disaster Knowledge Network http://www.drrgateway.net/

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23. Satellite Imagery Training for building Disaster Resilience in Pacific Needs: Disaster preparedness and risk reduction management, using the satellite imagery in the specific vulnerability in the Pacific countries. Measure: National training in each country Missions: Country-specific training engaging key stakeholders in the following countries, Koror, Palau (3- 5 Aug 2011) – 14 Port Moresby, PNG (8-10 Aug 2011) – 21 Funafuti, Tuvalu (2- 6 Sept 2011) – 28 Suva, Fiji (7- 9 Sept 2011) – 26 Topics: Disaster Image Download/Familiarization Sentinel Asia ( Emergency Observation Request, Image Download, GIS mapping) International Disaster Charter (Product Download) Lecture Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Sea Surface Temperature (NOAA website) Costal Erorison and Extention Disater Management (Japan ’ s Institution, Regulation, Measures and recent Dsiaster) participants

24. Sentinel Asia Project ESCAP is supporting the Sentinel Asia project which is a voluntary basis initiative led by the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) to support disaster management activities in Asia and the Pacific by applying WEB-GIS and Remote Sensing technology. Since September 2011, Sentinel Asia has been providing flood images and products to the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar (https://sentinel.tksc.jaxa.jp/sentinel2/emobSelect.action?subset_na me=Emergency%20Observation) Cooperation with the International Disaster Charter (http://www.disasterscharter.org/home)

25. Satellite Imagery Training for building Disaster Resilience in Pacific Further Needs and Intent of support: 1.National emergency communications systems (4 countries) 2. Building national baseline information and imagery database such as hazard monitoring, climate induced hazard monitoring, development planning (4) 3. Real time provision of post-disaster imagery (4) 4. Specialized training such as the coastal zone management Case studies on satellite imagery usages such as land planning, public works, energy/electricity, health, agricultural, and infrastructure including Information and Communication Technology (4) 5. Regional advisory service for sustainable land use development planning (1) 6. E-government applications for Disaster Risk Reduction (1) participants